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ABOUT
BlueTree.org is the not-for-profit 'awareness arm' of BlueTree Artists/Booking. We work to empower musicians & artists to help kids in need and have been actively supporting 501(c)3 non-profit organizations since 1997 (bands since 2001).

BandsWithoutBorders.org is a newer Seattle based non-profit consulting group founded in 2006 that connects musicians of many levels in a real emotional way with solid humanitarian organizations helping children around the world. We then work to help the bands empower their 100's or 1000's of young fans to get active, volunteer, and make a difference through being involved with a specific organization.
 
 
Our focus generally is on:
 
1. CLEAN WATER & sanitation which reduces sickness thereby helping people actually absorb nutrients from the food they do have. Accessible clean water also allows children to have time to go to school rather than haul water all day to survive.

2. EDUCATION & Empowerment for youth through arts
 
3. ENDING SLAVERY in the US & around the world

 
 
PAST
{We do not update these sites and
have no knowledge of their current content}
 
 
CAPTURE TO PROTECT
Tiny Stars, a 501(c)3 non-profit based in Santa Barbara, CA is creating a documentary about the Protect Act & capturing child exploiters confessions (on hidden cameras) in the US & abroad so they can be prosecuted and brought to justice. YOU can help. Capturing one of these perpetrators can often save 100's or 1000's of children from harm.
 
FILM OF CONSEQUENCE
 Invisible Children is coming to a town near you, was on Oprah last year, and you can buy the DVD!

LOVE IS THE GREATEST REVENGE


JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST
CHILD EXPLOITATION

In India there are approx 400,000 child prostitutes
In Asia at least one million
In Brazil 500,000
In the USA estimates are around 150,000
Children are also abducted and trafficked for armies (see Invisible Children film) and forced labor. US State Dept report (very detailed).

Learn more about this extremely urgent cause and how you can help by watching the clip below and going to
www.ijm.org & www.endchildexploitation.org.uk

NEW VIDEO courtesy of the Asha Forum:
view here
5 minutes, Windows Media file, 7mb.
(WARNING: viewer discretion is advised)


REPORTS & INFO

BENEFIT for Uganda - Sep 7, 2006
...was also a huge success!  Thank you to all the volunteers & musicians who donated their time to help raise over $1200 to send Haley Clark to Uganda to work with former child soldiers. HEALS provides therapy so these children can learn to smile again and live healthy, productive lives.
photo album by Abby Wong who is also in Uganda from Sep. 2006 through Spring 2007

BENEFIT for Zimbabwe - Sep 17, 2005
...was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who packed out the theatre. Nearly $4,000 was raised to help the orphans who's homes were demolished
The orphan kids you supported. As pictured here on a banner during a protest at the G8 summit.

Films of Consequence
FILMtwo: Hotel Rwanda - Nov 8, 2005
FILMone: Invisible Children* - Oct 6
  
 Children commute into town at night to sleep in the basement of the hospital so they will lessen their chances of being abducted and forced into the rebel army.

 

PAST CONCERTS [ +promoted/sponsored, #produced ]

...more recent concerts not listed (we'll catch up someday)
 
November 20 -  ROUND 18
an intimate evening with arts 'in the round'
 to raise awareness & volunteers this month for:
 HEALS - therapy to former child soldiers in Uganda

LIVE MUSIC by Laura Gibson (HUSH Records, Portland); members of Downpilot, guests.
LIVE POETRY from the Seattle Poetry Slam
LIVE PAINTING by ArtBand
www.myspace.com/intheround
7:45 "doors", 8-10 show, $5-10+
@ The Fremont Abbey Arts Center 


SEP 7  Invisible Children/HEALS Benefit Event
Arts & Music Event @ Fremont Abbey Arts Center
RAISED $1200 towards airfare to Uganda for a new volunteer  (Haley Clark) going to help former child soldiers with the IC/HEALS therapy program.
 Music by Robert Deeble, Brian Moss, Evan Gross
 Photo exhibit by Abby Wong (silent auction) 
*raised a total of $2200 this month
 from this and other Graham Travis shows
 
May 23 @ Chop Suey, Seattle
Tallest Building in the World, Josh Ottum, Greenwood, $6, 21+, 9:00

May 26 @ Dept of Safety, Anacortes
The Thermals, Lonely Forest, Racetrack

May 30 @ Chop Suey, Seattle
 Danielson (Secretly Canadian)
 "Br. Danielson (Secretly Canadian, Sounds Familyre) embodies what it might sound like were Sufjan Stevens' entire troupe to simultaneously go completely ____ing bonkers - reeling, horrifying, and surprisingly outlandish, yet still retaining an impressively pristine, Langley Schools-ish impishness: Danielson may seem crazy, but he is not without a certain childlike grace." -PITCHFORK
 Clue to Kalo, The Lonely Forest $8, ALL-AGES

June 3 @ Santa Barbara, CA
Human Rights Festival - featuring The Lonely Forest, Late Tuesday, Jubilee, Keaton Simons, Gary Jules (tentative), many more...
sponsored by Aria Global

May 5 @ Fremont Abbey Arts Center
Ian McFeron, Megan Slankard (San Francisco), Micah Kelley   +

April 22, Bellingham @ The Bakerview
 MATES OF STATE "...sharp, shiny pop rock and unlike the biting wit of Quasi and the slickness of the White Stripes, Mates of State craft a pleasant design. Their organ/drum combo is rich in layered harmonies and quirky rhythms..." -Rolling Stone | VIVA VOCE - "A fine slice of kitchen sink indie pop with atmosphere to spare."- Pitchfork Media |  The Lonely Forest  (John Van Deusen) CD release   +

Apr 18, Seattle @ Crocodile
Denison Witmer! (from PA), Graham Travis EP RELEASE.  p.s. Denison's new record features Sufjan Stevens & Don/Karen of the Innocence Mission. (Pitchfork Review | Paste Feature )

Apr 17, Seattle ROUND11
 w/ Tara Ward (of Late Tuesday), Ira Merrill (of Super Deluxe), Isaac Marion (of The Tallest Building In The World), very special guests, live painters (Emily & Kristen this month), & a photo exhibit opening...  +

Mar 28, Seattle @ Sunset - Jason Collett (Broken Social Scene!), Kimya Dawson, John Van Deusen (duo), Selector Dub Narcotic (Calvin Johnson DJ sets). 21+ $10.  +

Mar 13, Seattle @ Fremont Abbey Arts Center - ROUNDten featuring Benji Verdoes of In Praise of Folly, Joe Day of Mindhead, John Van Deusen of The Lonely Forest, Mark Chidester on photography display.
BENEFITED: The Nature Consortium's youth arts programs

March 3 - UPfest/Bakerview Benefit 2006 | 12 bands, 3 stages - to benefit Gulf Coast Recovery Teams | The Pale Pacific, The Lonely Forest (John Van Deusen), Some By Sea, In Praise of Folly, Autumn Poetry, Barcelona, many more.  +
Feb 13 - ROUNDnine @ Fremont Abbey # w/ Jen Wood (Postal Service), Andy Fitts (Airport Cathedral, Rosie Thomas), David Broecker (John Vanderslice, The Prom, Rosie Thomas), Casey Alexander (Wesafari).  & ARTband on the easels.  Dale Woodruff opened with poetry!
Jan 16, 2006 - ROUNDeight @ Fremont Abbey #  (MLK & serving)
Dec 15 & 16, 2005 -  Release concerts for Christmas in the NW CD's that benefit Children's Hospital. Shows featured Late Tuesday & Acoustic Christmas w/ guests from Portland & Nashville #
Dec 12 - ROUNDseven @ Fremont Abbey # (Social Justice)
Nov 14 - ROUNDsix @ Fremont Abbey # (Fight Child Exploitation)
Oct 24 - ROUNDfive @ Yesler Community Center #
*benefited scholarships for at-risk youth in Seattle
Sep 27 - ROUNDfour @ Golden Gardens Bathhouse #
*benefited the poor who've been displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Sep 17 - Benefit for AIDS orphans in Zimbabwe (see report above) @ Taproot Theatre, Seattle  + & co-produced
Aug 31 - Korby Lenker, Rocky Votolato @ Triple Door, Seattle +
Aug 22 - ROUNDthree @ Q Cafe #
July 18 - ROUNDtwo @ Q Cafe #
June 9-11: SAM ASHWORTH & MATT SLOCUM (Sixpence None the Richer)
w/ LATE TUESDAY headlining all shows (Portland, Seattle, Burlington)
June 3/4 - John Van Deusen CD release shows, w/ Andy Davis (Nashville),
Dana Little, Micah Kelley. #
May 13 - LATE TUESDAY / KORBY LENKER / DANA LYONS @ Nightlight +
May 07 - THE POSIES / DERBY / RACETRACK @ Nightlight +
April 22 - THE DIVORCE / THE LUCID (JOHN V) @ WWU +
April 14 - THE PALE PACIFIC - EP RELEASE PARTY w/ Wesafari, Derby +
April 14 - TOMMY STINSON (The Replacements/Guns n' Roses) @ Nightlight +
*benefit for WWU Students against Cancer
Mar 5 - Harvey Danger, Graham Travis, Sensation Junkies @ Nightlight +
Feb 25 - Graham Travis, Careen CD Release, Lizzie Huffman @ The LAB, Seattle #
Feb 19 - Late Tuesday 5th Anniversary, w/ LeRoy Bell @ The Pickford Dreamspace #
Feb 18, 2005 - Pleaseeasaur, Mercir, Vells, Water Kill the Sun @ The Paradox, Seattle #

CO-PRODUCED: June 24, 2005 - Benefit for Mary's Place women's shelter @ Green Bean Coffeehouse (non-profit) in Greenwood (Seattle). Tara Ward & Lacey Brown provided music.

CO-PRODUCED: Mar 4, 2005 - Benefit concert for volunteer teams to Haiti, Mexico and Chicago featuring The Pale, Late Tuesday, Mindhead (full band), John Van Deusen, Scarlet Parkway, many more. @ Bakerview Auditorium, Bellingham, WA. [Approx 900 people]

PRODUCED: Dec 17, 2004 - Clothing drive for Seattle area shelters
The Pale, Late Tuesday, Common Heroes @ The Paradox
*Pulled in approx. 5 boxes of blankets, coats, etc.

PRODUCED: October 7, 2004 - New Beginnings
Concert & auction to help end domestic violence
@ THE TRIPLE DOOR, Seattle WA

INVOLVED: July, 2004 - Women Taking a Swing @ Cancer

INVOLVED: July, 2004 - Seattle Women's Shelter
Late Tuesday performed for the residents.

PRODUCED: March, 2004 - Clean Water for Haiti
Mason Jennings/Late Tuesday @ The Lincoln Theatre

PRODUCED: March, 2004 - Q Community Center, Seattle
Portion of proceeds towards programs

PRODUCED: Feb, 2004 - Q Community Center, Seattle
& collected books for schools in Baghdad

INVOLVED: Nov, 2003 - Q Community Center, Seattle

PRODUCED: June, 2003 - Skagit Homeless Association
Mindhead, Late Tuesday, The Pale @ The Lincoln Theatre

PRODUCED: May, 2003 - Project Hope Orphanage in Haiti
Late Tuesday, Mindhead, Maplewood Lane @ WWU

INVOLVED: March, 2003 - KOMEN Breast Cancer Foundation
Late Tuesday @ Dixon's Furniture, Seattle

and more, since 2001...


Clean Water for Haiti

Haiti ranks dead last on the International Water Poverty Index.

5 million of 8.5 million people in Haiti do not have access to clean water.

At least 75% live in poverty. Haiti is about the size of the US
state of Maryland but with 80% unemployment.

1 of every 8 kids in Haiti die before reaching age 5

FACTSHEET - jpg | pdf | DONATE HERE

Read an excerpt from Nathan Marion's journal during a trip to Haiti in October, '03.

BlueTree Support:  November 2003 through August 2005

[Clean Water for Haiti is actually run by volunteers that do not even take salaries, so your donation goes to very good use.]

Past organizations:
Water Missions International - 8/2/03 - 11/20/03
Project Hope Orphanage - Theos Work - 10/18/02 - 8/1/03
Alternative Missions:  9-16-02 -- 10-17-02
Servlife International:  6-1-02 -- 915-02

All charities we support have been researched to show great need as well as responsible use of funds towards assisting children with very low overhead and admin costs.

 

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 This page copyright© 2002-2006 BlueTree, All rights reserved.
Artist's pages, sound samples, artwork, etc. all copyrighted © 2001-2006. 
Use without permission is a violation of applicable copyright laws.
The "blue tree" is courtesy of Isaac Marion, copyright © 2001, all rights reserved.

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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AT LEAST 10% OF BlueTree Artists
PROFITS GO TO SUPPORT:
 
Water 1st 

 

We also support...

> Theos Work Orphanage
 Sustainable Village in southern Haiti
> Invisible Children
 Northern Uganda
> Water 1st
 Honduras, India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia
> Seek Justice (IJM)
> Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle 
> The Green Bean non-profit Coffeehouse
 


 
 

A while back, we had the opportunity to hear Mary Robinson speak on Ethical Globalization. She's the former president of Ireland and now in charge of Human Rights @ The UN. Interesting read.

And were at the Bread for the World conference in Seattle in November, 2005 to hear Rick Steves talk about responsible travel & other global issues we can impact.  He also spoke about this at the Water 1st benefit November 2006 at Benaroya.

 

Photos & video from Haiti
(among other things)
@ Nathan's old blog.

If you are a band or artist, please link to this site and also contact us to find out how to help share with your fans about important causes